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Monday, June 25, 2012

Summer Bedding

Elle Decor

For some reason, this year more than ever I have stripped back my house a bit to welcome summer. We pulled up rugs in the girls' room and kitchen, switched to white pillows in the guest room, and lightened up the throw pillows in the living room, not to mention my $7.99 makeover in the master bedroom.

All of that used what I had or required very little money.

As the heat rises, it became clear we need to make one functional change: summer bedding in the girls' room. We have duvets on their twin beds, with plain white covers. Too often, they complain of being too hot and unable to fall asleep, taking off PJs and pushing covers back, only to wake up in the night, too cold.

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So I went looking for lightweight summer quilts or matelasse, in white. I was surprised to find that everything was over my budget (but then, my budget was "as close to zero dollars as possible.") the good news is, there are tons of options, and lots of sales.

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I am a wife, mother, writer, and decorator, though some days not in that order. I have been blogging about my daughters since 2007 at clioconfidential.blogspot. When we moved to our "forever" home in Minneapolis in 2010 and the decorating posts started to take over, I started Love Your Space to capture my home design obsession and share my projects. You can email me at heatherjoypeterson[at]gmail[dot]com, or leave a comment here. I'd love to hear from you!